Any Body But This Body

Body image struggles began in Genesis 3 when sin distorted how we see ourselves. Adam and Eve’s shame wasn’t about their bodies changing—it was about how they viewed them after disobedience. God never told us to hate our bodies. He designed them purposefully and calls them good. Our bodies are temples where He dwells, and that gives them incredible value. We should care for them, not to meet the world’s beauty standards, but to honor the God who made and lives within us.

Questions to Consider:

• How do you feel about your body, and what shapes that view?
• What does it mean that your body is a temple of God?
• How can you honor God through how you care for your body?